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What is your mash time? One hour, 90 minutes?

That's what it means, thanks a lot! I did not know that about fermentable wort, thanks for bringing that to my attention. So its not the temperature of the wort, but the quality of the grain basically. The consistency, or quality of carbohydrates matters for the saccarification to be matched.

I don't know what IOW means. He's not making it clear Doug293cz. I have 12# grain to 4 gallons strike water, with 1 sparge water additions. After overlooking your post Doug293cz, it says that my lauter efficiency is lower overall. If you are suggesting that I made an error, I would say that I...

Explain IOW. I wonder why there was a documentation of a higher OG at 150F. Something was off from OP, right off the bat. The addition of tannins is all I can think of in terms of affecting fermentability. Steeping my grain for longer will be my next stab at this recipe; not that I care for...

I'm not suggesting that I lost sugar during boiling. I'm suggesting that efficiency is lower because the strike temp is 5 degrees lower. 150 degrees is a low mash temperature for saccharification efficiency. Which is why I would recommend anyone recreating this recipe to mash at 155 fahrenheit...

*The rest I had to wait before using hydrometer. That would have given me an incorrect reading. As in the temperature would, I believe, affected the gravity reading.

I disagree. I took three readings, one after mash, after sparge, after boil. Boil was different, but I didn't take a reading until temperature was about 62F or 63F. the rest I also had to wait before using the hydrometer.

My brother was purchasing HB gear and I found it interesting. He directed me to this website, and I fell in love with the hobby ever since. I've made 6 batches so far, plan to make more.

I got a gravity reading of 1.052 for a 5 gallon batch as well. I threw in some amylase to help after 60 minutes, but it was too late.

Would recommend anyone who wishes to brew this recipe, to increase mash strike temperature up another 5-7 degrees. 150F for 90 minutes has a lower extraction efficiency, as was when I conjured mine. Sparge temperature is fine though, just bump up the mash temperature.